Don’t overfeed the birds

Written By Neryl East

One of the trickiest leadership dilemmas is striking the balance between empowering your team and over-functioning for them.

If you’re constantly swooping in with all the answers, you’re like the bird always dropping food into eager, hungry beaks.

That’s helpful in the short term, but unsustainable. Your people don’t build confidence in their own abilities. You feel exhausted and are on the road to burnout.

But leave them entirely to their own devices and you risk the opposite: a team that feels unsupported and even directionless.

As with many problems, the key is solid communication.

Each of your team members has different strengths and requirements for your support. Get to know what they are, through intentional conversations.

Support them just enough to let them soar.

Neryl East
Neryl East is a reputation, communication and media expert who shows businesses and organisations how to stand out - for the right reasons! EDUCATION: PhD in Journalism, University of Wollongong Master of Arts, University of Wollongong Certificate IV Training and Assessment (TAFE NSW) International Certificate of Public Participation (IAP2) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Director - Neryl East Communications Pty Limited Manager Communications and Public Relations - Wollongong City Council Manager Media and Communications - Shellharbour City Council Head of Communications and Marketing - Australian War Memorial Lecturer and tutor - University of Wollongong Lecturer - APM College of Business and Communication Manager External Relations - University of Western Sydney Freelance journalist - The Australian, ABC, Southern Cross Television, Prime Television News Director - WIN Television, Western NSW Journalist/producer/presenter - WIN Television, Wollongong Journalist/producer - Radio 2CH INTERESTS: Netball umpiring, theatre, travel
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